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[James]

The Goldfinch I found this disappointing. In need of editing, in particular I found Theo to be unlikeable and while that is not always make me dislike a book, here I found no point to his nihilism. I'm surprised both that this won a Pulitzer and that it ended up in the 2018 Boxall list.

[Vikki]

Just finished Persuasion. Can't say that I really liked it much.

[Maggie]

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. Many editions of this book, including the one I read, combine Breakfast at Tiffany's with three other shorter stories. They're worth reading as a collection because they are markedly different in tone, style and setting, and a demonstrate the range of Capote's writing abilities.

[Maggie]

Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau. The same two-page story is told 99 times, in a different style each time. Such a remarkable, creative and fun book. I enjoyed it very much.

[Bob]

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. This is a story within a story within a story. I think there's a good story in there trying hard to get out, but only partially making it. Some of the storylines are very interesting, others unsatisfactory. The characters are difficult to like, but I did root for them.

[Diane]

Adjunct: An Undigest by Peter Manson.

I have no idea what I just read...

[Aileen]

Diane wrote: "Adjunct: An Undigest by Peter Manson.

I have no idea what I just read..."

There have been a few on this list that have made me feel exactly the same! I have this one to look forward to then.

[Casey]

I’m currently reading Schindler’s List (Schindler’s Ark in some places). I never thought the book could stir me more than the film did, but I have been crying real tears which is pretty uncommon for me. I did, however, just recently visit Germany, including Dachau where the first concentration camp was set up, so it’s possibly more overwhelming because of that.

[Leona]

Casey wrote: "I’m currently reading Schindler’s List (Schindler’s Ark in some places). I never thought the book could stir me more than the film did, but I have been crying real tears which is pretty uncommon fo..."

A book I could not read. Take care.

[Sean]

I just finished The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe. What a trip! And I mean that exactly like Wolfe, Kesey, Leary, and Garcia would have meant it. Wolfe did an excellent job writing this book as if he were actually tripping.

[Birthe]

Middlemarch by George Eliot

[Karina]

Finished Watchmen by Alan Moore. My 170th book. Hoping to reach 200 by the end of next year which is totally doable I just have so many books to read! Not a huge fan of graphic novels, I read this because I was watching the series on HBO and was surprised that it was on the list so I decided to bang it out.

[Karen]

Diane wrote: "Adjunct: An Undigest by Peter Manson.

I have no idea what I just read..."

LOL -- looking forward to it!!

I requested this book in July and after a few weeks got this email -- "We have tried to borrow this item from other libraries but it is currently unavailable. Texas Group Catalog does not provide detailed information regarding why libraries cannot supply the item. The system does try libraries outside Texas. If you are still interested in borrowing this item, please wait at least 8 weeks to submit a new request."

I wonder why there is suddenly such a demand for this one book!!

[Karina]

Started and finished The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery

[Diane]

Finished Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn.

[James]

Beloved One of the very best books ever.

[Chrissy]

I finished The Nose last week. Currently reading a non-list book 🙂

[Brian]

Around the World in 80 Days

[Mia]

I finished Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi.

[Diane]

Finished The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch.

[Taylor]

The Black Dahlia

[Diane]

Bebo's Girl by Carlo Cassola.

[Colleen]

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

[Colleen]

Drew wrote: "Just finished Correctionby Thomas Bernhard. Very difficult, but very rewarding. Also my 300th list book. Woo-hoo!"

Impressive! Congrats on your progress!

[Tyler]

The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene

[Nicole]

The Cider House Rules. I really enjoyed it, but so far there hasn't been anything by Irving that I didn't like.

[Karina]

Finished 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. I watched the movie a couple of weeks ago. I read it so I could better understand the movie because that was a trippy film and the book definitely helped me out.

[Brian]

the war of the worlds

[Bob]

Howards End by E.M. Forster. Interesting story with many, many discussion topics still pertinent today. Well worth the read.

[George P.]

Finished Sometimes a Great Notion, Ken Kesey's magnum opus. An impressive novel with well-made characters, though I don't think it has enough "story" for 640 pages. Three-quarters of goodreads readers have rated it four or five stars.

[Nocturnalux]

If On A Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino. What a crazy, wild ride of a book(s) this was. About as meta-literature as it can possibly get, it is both fun and highly cerebral at the same time.

[Sean]

The Quiet American by Graham Greene. More about that later in the group read thread.

[Diane]

The Twilight Years by Sawako Ariyoshi.

[Ellinor]

The Burning Plain and Other Stories by Juan Rulfo and Forest Of The Hanged by Liviu Rebreanu. Good start into the new year with two books I probably wouldn't have come across without the list.

[Tim]

The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

[Mia]

The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene.

[Nicole]

Adam Bede by George Eliot. I usually like this era/style, but this one didn't do it for me.

[Amanda]

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf. I couldn't put it down! I like her when she isn't so experimental, like she is with her later novels.

[Ellen]

uncle Tom's Cabin.

[Peter]

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. Good but no gold star.

[Sean]

I just finished Martin Eden by Jack London. What a fantastic book. Easily the best book I have read this year... (ha! but really) I loved it!

[Diane]

The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway.

[Vikki]

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. I really wanted to shake Madame, read it because it is on the list but not my favorite read.

[Nicole]

The Unnamable by Beckett. Exquisitely written and oddly engrossing, but ultimately left me feeling... ‍meh? Not really sure to be honest.

[Fran]

Finished A Severed Head, my first Iris Murdoch book. Not what I was expecting, but I liked it!

[Amanda]

Fran wrote: "Finished A Severed Head, my first Iris Murdoch book. Not what I was expecting, but I liked it!"

LOVED that one.

[Diane]

The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

I just finished Persuasion, which brings me to the end of the works of Jane Austen!

I read Pride and Prejudice in my teens (so it's due for a reread), and the rest of her novels in the last few years. I really liked making my way through all of an author's works like that. I'm thinking of doing the Brontes next (I've only read Jane Eyre), or possible Dickens (I've only read A Christmas Carol).

[Karen]

Finished in December:


Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
* Good addition to the list. I really enjoyed it.

Queer by William S. Burroughs
Junky by William S. Burroughs
*Two down, two more to go. Not sure I can stand much more of Burroughs.

Thursbitch by Alan Garner
A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen

[Brian]

A Farewell to Arms